Title: HTML AND 403 error
Last modified: January 28, 2019
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# HTML AND 403 error
* Resolved [REKOMENDASI SAHAM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sahamdotnews/)
* (@sahamdotnews)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/)
* General HTTP error: HTTP 403 error (Forbidden)
HTTP Error: 403
* [saham](http://saham.news/sitemap-news.xml)
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* Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
* (@ravanh)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11141359)
* Hi, I checked your sitemap: it gives a 200 OK response and shows just fine.
* Thread Starter [REKOMENDASI SAHAM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sahamdotnews/)
* (@sahamdotnews)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11142494)
* No, [https://imgur.com/a/lMcoZ1L](https://imgur.com/a/lMcoZ1L)
* Look at that screenshot
* Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
* (@ravanh)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11143610)
* OK, but this is what I see when I visit your sitemap: [https://imgur.com/a/ecSs6g7](https://imgur.com/a/ecSs6g7)(
notice status code 200)
* So the search engine must be seeing something different. Is there something that
is blocking search engines on your server or WordPress installation?
- This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/).
* Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
* (@ravanh)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11143624)
* “HTTP 403 error (Forbidden)” that means something is blocking search engine access
on the server level. Maybe something in your .htaccess file?
* Thread Starter [REKOMENDASI SAHAM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sahamdotnews/)
* (@sahamdotnews)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11145752)
* iam using basic htaccess
* Solution ? so many issues like this with your plugin bro
* Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
* (@ravanh)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11146164)
* Sorry? You assume it’s related to my plugin but to me it seems a problem with
your setup, bro… Are you blocking feed indexation maybe?
* Thread Starter [REKOMENDASI SAHAM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sahamdotnews/)
* (@sahamdotnews)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11191043)
* Really ? Sorry about that, Can u help me whats the problem ?
I dont know where
should i ask because i lost all of my traffic due to this hacking problem and
sitemap issue
* Thread Starter [REKOMENDASI SAHAM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sahamdotnews/)
* (@sahamdotnews)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11191079)
* the problem is i need xml version not html version
* [http://saham.news/sitemap-news.xml](http://saham.news/sitemap-news.xml) & [https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/sitemap.html](https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/sitemap.html)
are html version
[https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/sitemap_news.xml](https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/sitemap_news.xml)
this is correct xml version
* Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
* (@ravanh)
* [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11191479)
* The thing is that [https://saham.news/sitemap-news.xml](https://saham.news/sitemap-news.xml)
_is_ XML. At least from where I am seeing it. Check the [source](https://saham.news/sitemap-news.xml)
with Ctrl+u (in most browsers) and you can see that it looks like the source
code of [https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/sitemap_news.xml](https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/sitemap_news.xml),
not at all that of [https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/sitemap.html](https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/sitemap.html)
* Or use the online validator [https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html](https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html)
to check your sitemaps. It will tell you it’s all good.
* The only explanation I can think of it that Google is seeing something else.
In your first post you wrote it’s getting a “General HTTP error: HTTP 403 error(
Forbidden)” response. This looks like something is blocking (forbidding) access
from search engines.
* You can use the Fetch as Google tool in your Google Search Console account to
see what Google sees.
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* Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-and-403-error/#post-11191479)
* Status: resolved